[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 37 (Monday, February 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8413-8414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3196]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2007-27281]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved 
Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for 
renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below 
under Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice 
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by April 27, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2007-27281 by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
    <bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room 401 
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chung Eng, 202-366-8043, Office of 
Transportation Operations, Federal Highway Administration, Department 
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Work Zone Safety and Mobility.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0600.
    Background: As amended on September 9, 2004, 23 CFR 630, Subpart J 
``Work Zone Safety and Mobility'' requires State and local 
transportation agencies that receive Federal-aid highway funding to use 
available work zone information and data to assess and manage the work 
zone impacts of highway projects. While this Rule does not require the 
reporting or submission of work zone data, it does:
    <bullet> Require agencies to use work zone data at both the project 
and process levels to manage and improve work zone safety and mobility;
    <bullet> At the project level, require agencies to use field 
observations, available work zone crash data, and operational 
information to manage the work zone impacts of individual projects;
    <bullet> At the process level, require agencies to analyze work 
zone crash and operational data from multiple projects to improve 
agency processes and procedures, and continually pursue the improvement 
of overall work zone safety and mobility; and
    <bullet> Recommend that agencies maintain elements of the data and 
information resources that are necessary to support the use of work 
zone data for the activities above.
    Most of the data needed to conduct work zone performance monitoring 
during project implementation as well as post-implementation 
assessments should be readily available from pre-existing sources. 
However, data collection or data storage and retrieval systems may need 
to be altered to take full advantage of available information 
resources.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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    Frequency: Continuous.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual 
burden for all respondents is 83,200 hours. This involves responses 
from 52 State Departments of Transportation or equivalent with an 
estimated average time of 1,600 hours per respondent over the course of 
a year. This estimate only includes the burden on the respondents to 
provide information that is not usually and customarily collected.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: February 20, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E7-3196 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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